Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹⁰ ¶ Hearken, O daughter, and consider and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

¹¹ so shall the king greatly desire thy beauty; and bow before him, for he is thy Lord.

¹² And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

¹³ The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

¹⁴ She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework; the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

¹⁵ With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought; they shall enter into the king’s palace.

¹⁶ Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons, whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth.

¹⁷ I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations; therefore shall the people praise thee eternally and for ever.

¹⁸ ¶ And he came unto his father and said, My father, and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?

¹⁹ And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau, thy firstborn; I have done according as thou didst command me; arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

²⁰ Then Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.

²¹ And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

²² And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

²³ And he discerned him not because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.

²⁴ And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

²⁵ And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.

²⁶ And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now and kiss me, my son.

²⁷ And he came near and kissed him, and he smelled the smell of his clothing and blessed him and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed.

²⁸ Therefore let God give thee of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of wheat and new wine.

²⁹ Let the peoples serve thee and nations bow down to thee; be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee; cursed be every one that curses thee, and blessed be he that blesses thee.

²¹ In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes; even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

²² All things are delivered to me of my Father, and no one knows who the Son is, but the Father, and who the Father is, but the Son and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

²³ And he turned him unto his disciples and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see,

²⁴ for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see those things which ye see and did not see them and to hear those things which ye hear and did not hear them.